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Fri, 08 May 2009 20:13:10 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on New Stock! (and some Oh Sees chatter) by Bendyhttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/new-stock-and-some-oh-sees-chatter/#comment-95
Fri, 08 May 2009 20:13:10 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=376#comment-95messed up that link…

]]>Comment on New Stock! (and some Oh Sees chatter) by Bendyhttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/new-stock-and-some-oh-sees-chatter/#comment-94
Fri, 08 May 2009 20:11:46 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=376#comment-94You know what I like about his record? It seems to take it’s psychedelic cues from the incredibly-uncool Moody Blues, rather than the Kinks or Pretty Things or Creation. The way the harmonies work would be corny if there wasn’t so much clatter in the backing. The Moodys had some killer pop-psych, augmented with horrible poetry.

]]>Comment on Antony. by wnnghttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/antony/#comment-85
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:58:48 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=346#comment-85In my opinion, yes yes! It’s amazing. Rich, beautiful, dark, creepy, moody swells intertwined with timeless songwriting! I also hadn’t really gotten into his stuff before this record. This has definitely put him in the realm of top modern day songwriters. Brilliant.
]]>Comment on Antony. by Jeffhttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/antony/#comment-84
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:49:41 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=346#comment-84I’ve never gotten into Antony but you’ve totally inspired me. That latest album is the place to start?
]]>Comment on Whatever Brains Apathetically Take the Triangle by Storm. by wnnghttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/whatever-brains-apathetically-take-the-triangle-by-storm/#comment-76
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:21:53 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-76thanks marco!
]]>Comment on Whatever Brains Apathetically Take the Triangle by Storm. by Cangrejerohttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/whatever-brains-apathetically-take-the-triangle-by-storm/#comment-75
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:15:49 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-75Bravo!
]]>Comment on Jandek. by Jandek at UNC, Sunday Nighthttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/jandek/#comment-73
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:49:03 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=350#comment-73[…] For more info on Jandek, check out Grayson Currin’s promo interview with John Darnielle at the Indy Weekly online. Bull City Records’ Chaz Martinstein also has an excellent post about it over at his blog, WNn’G. […]
]]>Comment on National Record Store Day? by wnnghttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/national-record-store-day/#comment-71
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:00:32 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-71Hey Michael! That was quick! I do apologize for coming across so negative, I was more so just trying to spur a discussion about it. I have absolutely every intention of participating in Record Store Day on my own level (as I said in the original post), that’s not an issue; I still think it’s an amazing idea and I support it 100%. That being said though, I was hoping to share a little bit more from the perspective of the smaller store. It was just a bit disappointing to see records stores of my size get pushed out. That’s all I was trying to convey.

I will still buy the pieces that are created for the day because I think it’s a very exciting thing to hold something so limited in your hands. It puts that individual piece in a time and place and makes it awesomely collectible. Like my regulars, I’m still a rabid music addict so I get that and I’m excited to see what’s in store (geez, no pun intended). So thank you for that. I was just hoping to help you all understand how smaller shops feel in a situation like this. That’s all.

Last year I heard about the registration for Record Store Day literally a day or two after it had passed, so I wasn’t able to participate then. This year I can’t afford it, so I can’t fully participate again. So both years it was just a bummer to not be able to fully participate in something I already felt a part of. That’s all. I really don’t mean to sound complainy, that’s something I get annoyed at with typing this stuff, you can’t hear tones. I just wanted to offer a look at it from a different perspective. Honestly, I don’t need the free stuff, again it’s not about that at all, it should go to a store that could use it more than mine. Just being asked for funds for something I already put every ounce of my time and money into bummed me out a bit. Really though, that’s just a personal problem.

I’m sure I blew it outta proportion and I do want you to know that I greatly respect you guys for what you’ve created. It’s completely true, we DO need to be positive and support each other as best we can. Let’s do that.

Please, for the love of god, participate in Record Store Day. Everyone is invited and you can do what you want.

I am spending countless hours traveling and in meetings to get stuff created for stores like yours. We asked you to help chip in and you cannot. That is totally cool but the bills for the website, the PR firms, the travel, the hours, the materials, the shipping, etc. all still have to be paid regardless of who chips in. The folks who can afford it will pay the expenses of getting both the commerical and promotional pieces created for stores and those who can’t are welcome to celebrate in any way that they can.

Hopefully Record Store Day will be so great that you will be able to chip in next year. If you can’t, that’s totally cool too. Just have fun and make the most of what you have. That’s all any of us can do and it doesn’t make anyone lesser than someone else. It is what it is. Just, please, don’t add to the negativity. We need to be postive and support each other as best we can.

I wish I could give you a list of artists who are confirmed for cool special commercial pieces but I’m sworn to secrecy until the labels make their annoncements. I think you will dig what we’ve come up with. At least I hope you will. Keep on rockin’ it in Durham! I miss my time there…

– Michael

]]>Comment on National Record Store Day? by wnnghttps://wnng.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/national-record-store-day/#comment-69
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:10:34 +0000http://wnng.wordpress.com/?p=308#comment-69Hey Michael,
Thanks so much for the reply!! I really do appreciate the follow up from you guys. I definitely understand where you guys are coming from and I love that someone actually thought to create the day…from my point of view it just became a little hurtful for smaller stores like mine. With charging you cut off a good amount of stores that would really like to fully participate in the day, but cannot afford to. My understanding was that Record Store Day was an appreciation day for the indie stores, the labels and the customers – kind of a joint appreciation day celebrated by all. By charging for participation, you knock out a whole tier of smaller shops who also put in a significant amount of time and effort into running these things daily.

I appreciate my regular customers/friends and I’d love to get them exclusive stuff for being regulars, but this just becomes one more thing that shops like mine can’t compete with. It seems to go against the purpose of why I thought the day was started. One more wrench in the gears of the music industry getting on the same page and working with each other. For the most part, we’re all in this business for the same reason I would imagine – our love of music – but this is just another divide. I understand that the majors have more money to put into promotional stuff, that’s always been understood and I certainly don’t look down at bands for being on majors, but it shouldn’t then become a shortcoming for the indies when they can’t participate either. In a way the day itself now deepens the schism between majors and indies yet again. That’s the point I was getting at. I hope there are more Record Store Day releases that pop up on indie labels, that’s something I will gladly put my money towards – I know where it’s going and to who it’s going. It’s supporting a community that I am a part of. Even if major labels put out limited stuff I was interested in, I would buy that to sell in the store, that’s not the problem. It would put everyone on the same page. Some exclusive Replacements stuff?? Yes please! An exclusive Built to Spill 7″?? I’ll buy a handful! Like I said before too, if it was a check for participation that was required for shipping the materials out, I’d get that and I’d be behind it. But it’s not. It’s some fee that goes in the direction of the majors who already get the majority of most shops’ earnings. I understand it probably does not go towards the majors directly, but it’s an exchange for goods coming from the majors when the indie labels support shops like mine more directly and more often. I think that’s the thing that made me the most upset and why I went on the rant in the first place.

So my point is not “I hate the majors and I love the indies,” it’s just that this is one more thing in the music industry that has been taken away from every person involved in the community. Some can participate, some cannot. I was excited about a day in which everyone could participate and feel a part of.